Wellbeing
Being confined to home for an extended period of time can cause stress and conflict.
Tips for looking after your children during isolation include:
- Talking to your whole family about what is happening. Understanding the situation will reduce their anxiety.
- Help your children to think about how they have coped with difficult situations in the past and reassure them that they will cope with this situation too. Remind them that the isolation won't last for long.
- Exercise regularly. Options could include exercise DVDs, dancing, floor exercises, yoga, walking around the backyard or using home exercise equipment, such as a stationary bicycle, if you have it. Exercise is a proven treatment for stress and depression.
- Encourage your children to keep in touch with family members and friends via telephone, email or social media (where appropriate). Looking after yourself when you are feeling stressed Browse through the following sources.
Discuss issues such as:
- How to recognise when you are feeling overwhelmed
- What you can do to maintain a healthy headspace
- Previous experience with stressful events and how you were able to manage them
- Things to avoid that could make you more stressed
Kids Helpline – https://kidshelpline.com.au/ or 1800 551800
Headspace – How to cope with stress related to Novel Coronavirus
https://headspace.org.au/young-people/how-to-cope-with-stress-related-to-covid-19/
Reach Out – 10 ways to take care of yourself during coronavirus https://au.reachout.com/articles/10-ways-to-take-care-of-yourself-during-coronavirus
Staff members who can help you
2020 YEAR ADVISORS
Year 7 Ms Baddah
YEAR 8 Dr Ijaz
YEAR 9 Ms Matty
YEAR 10 Ms Alam
YEAR 11 Mr Vrhovac
YEAR 12 Ms Elsayed
WELLBEING
Mrs Helen Shaddock (HT Wellbeing)
Ms Nicole Stathem and Ms Hayley Hargraves (School Counsellors)